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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-20
A Trick Ia Rine Shooting.


"No, sir, I do not claim to be an expert al
fancy shooting" said Capt. Jack Crawford. 10
too much trickery-a sort Of sleight- oi. hand
business connected with 1t. l do pretend to bs
a crack shot. and to, excel IN, accuracy. and
raspidity with With G winchester rife: The Win.
to back me for $4,000 against AM, man In the
shots in three and a half seconds But here.
little tricks used in fancy shots" Here " The
scout produced what Appeared to be. as he held
ieado NIB, bal tSoks ke bullet DON'T
colored to look like lead. Now ri show. YOU
disclosed to view quantity o. shot-about 2od
he said were in the shell. with Just enough
powder at the butt to ldo the work. How arc
feat of cracking glass balls thrown in the air
by shooting at them with a Winchester, and
that ths Kind Of BALI cartridge that g
and admiration, supposing that It Is done with
q single ball and that ts something, my boy
that no man In the world has ever done or VIII
do. because it is physical impossibility"
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sEna sgN. suspANl MoYEMRAR. %. MsArszxTREE RA9Es.

equal to the total Of England alone. But the
either England or The tinted States. the total
being $4,000 bales, The estimated consump ~.
past year Ia greater by nearly l,O0O,0Oo Dales
than tho consumption In 1880. as given in the
The Increase In the. number. of mills and
spindles In. the United Stotes has also been
very rapid during the last seven years. and
large proportion OF this increase 10 found near
the cotton fields, whore the manufacture can
DO most profltably carried on The total num-
Der OF mills reported by tho census OF 1880 was
75l, with 10 slS spindlos The capital en-;
ployed was f20778186S. From data compiled
BY tho New Orleans Cotton World for Septam-
ber Of the current year, the number 81 mills is
19.520,1l9; The capital is not estimated North
and South Carolina and Georgia have nearly
doubled tho. number OF their mills and spin
dies. and all tho cotton-growing states snow
q large increase.
Cotton Is still king. as will be seen, In the
magnitude OF his revenues. AT cents per
pound the product will be worth more than
s23O.000000 to the country for this year. put
there are now many kings-ktng Wheat King
Corn, King Coal, and others, Only the imperial
crown which Is worn by King Commerce can
be held supreme.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-20
Geuuod's Fluo Tenor Voice.
From the ST. James, Gazette.

Gounod IT, or at least has been, the pos
SCISSOR Of o tenor voice of the first order, and
had not his powers as a composer called him
to higher destinies he might easily have made
life strongly tempted to appear on the boards,
and that on no less critical an occasion than
the first representation OF tho piece which the
Academic de MusiIue gave for the 500th time
yesterday. Guardl, the tenor originally cast
for the role Of Faust. withdrew from his en-
Ragement almost at the last moment, and. tho
chance OF finding an effective substitute for
him at such short notice seeming hopeless,
Gounod offered to take the part himself
ideal Faust: but NJ. Cdrvalho disapproved Of
the proposal, and intrusted the creation Of the
siderable merit. though hardly adequate to thu
task imposed on him. He was notably lacking
in the dash and vigor called for by the char.
have counted In the comparatively cold re-
ception which the Parisians OF thirty years
ago accorded to Gounod's masterpiece.
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Did rran.lr, II ave an Accompilce,


1t is still an open question whether, after
all, Pranzlni had an ascomplice. as he never
Department have some ground for believing
that they hold tip dark complexioned man
after tho crime, In he. person Of one Romanoff.
who has been arrested on the charge OF COM
hitting burglary Ut Auteuil.
This man, apart fpm certain allusions about
his connection with Prunzini, has made no
disclosures, but mfomntion that is daily OBJ
tanned by the Parlut gives strong color TO the
suppositiou that il EpmanoN took no part in
the triple murder, 10 learned all its circum:
saacss Mare s9Sen aop lseee'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-20
CURIOUS FEATURES OF Aoruzn xuzs
Brave Frsntier weuae,.
PROM Daughters Of america.

The vito OF recent Governor Of O far
Western State used to take her blankets and
60 cautiously out after ,nightiall e some shel.
company. Hor husband was Obliged to make
long frelghting trips to some distant mining
camp. .Sho has recently presided In. her hus.
pands home at the State capital while he filled
the highest offlce in tho State. And that CAPT.
tai has sprung from few dugouts to $4,000
Inhabitants since her days and nights OF
danger on tho river, bluff.. and her children
yet In their teens. have boon enjoying the
educational advantages Of State university,
Another brave woman, afterward the wife Of
county Judge. was seized by an Indian lover,
who intended to place her upon his pony. and
quick blow with the rolling pip that she, was
OF tho door and against his pony. Then she
snatohed her rifle. took the cap box from her
pocket. where she always carried II. and, fitting
o cap to her gun. aimed ut the Indians heart.
In the mean time he had mounted his pony,
and now fell upon his face on the, pony's meek.
The, can snapped, fortunately, but she pur-
sued him, determined to kill him. She was o
good markswoman. frequently killing ante.
lopes and other game. The Indian, seeing her
determined mir, fed. Her husband said that
II she had killed him there would have been
no escape from tho fury OF the savages who
were camping near In large numbers, and his
only conveyance being slow OK team.
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Those who attended the cycling gathering
Mt Coventry on SATURDAY. Oct. 20. must have
received slight shock when they saw Major
Knox Holmes. aged SO years engaged along
In the dihlcnlt task OF Hducing the thirty mile
record. Singular to siS they succeeded. the
gallant Major and his companion, Mr. Buck
forty nine seconds. Tn, brenkng OF a record
IN trcycling Mt 80 years pf age is Il feat worthy
of chronicllng alongside the brace OF grouse
for every year of:his life killed by the late Capt.
Horatio Ross every autumn after no had
reached the ago OF three ,core and ten.
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An Ivory Casket studded with Diamonds
for Queen Victoria.

The present from thcTown Council and
people OF Kimberley. Soath Africa to the
Queen on the occasion OF Ter jubilee Is mas
siye ivory casket superiority four Corinthian
pillars OF gold and enriched with plaques Of
gold and ,crocdolitc. tn, plaques arc in;
s!.cribed, with the words Loyalty" Unity"
Upon the lid OF tho casketlis n golden spray
composed OF the rose. shamrock, and thistle.
These national emblems are studded with 2i2
mines OF Kimberley The names OF the mines
appear on four small gold platts at the sideG OF
pride OF the centre ornament. An address tn
the Queen will DO placed in theeasket,which IL
Lined throughout with snowy oitrich teathOESs
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13
Among the Frog Eaters.

BY permission of County Treasurer Butler,
we make the following extracts from letter
from our friend Edson Woodman. dated at
Paris, France, June 2Sth:
1--WE reached here safely yesterday after
noon after pleasant trip, the weather while
we were crossing the ocean, being fine most
of the way. | was not seasick in the least,
although many were.
Paris is o great town in many respects,
and | have been taking in some of it. Our
hotel, the Hotel Dominica. is close to the
Place Nendome, Jardin des Tuileries, Place
de la Concorde. Champs Elysees, etc.
Il find we of America know very little of
the horse industry as practiced in France.
and propose TO learn all / can and have a
good opportunity TO do so, being with men
of large experience, who are willing TO do all
they can for me in that line. We 90. in a
day or two, to attend the great horse show at
Mortagne, and from there will 60 up into the
Nogeaut district and pick up something
probably few young mares. Mr.. Kellogg
and DR.. Osmond spent the winter here and
bought some forty head which they will ship
soon. and will probably buy more to send at
the same time.
. / never saw horses worked as hard as
they work them here. In place of street
cars, they run immense vans weighing three
or four tons each and carrying from sixty to
eighty-five passengers, with three horses and
trot them all the tme-in fact they drive
almost everything on the trot, even immense
two wheeled drays. The heavy horses are
nearly all greys or whites and are the true
Percheron. People don't know what you
mean by Norman and think it is some
little mongrel or cob horse.
Il went over to the Bon Marche, retail
house where 5000 clerks are employed, 150
of whom speak English. Well, found what
| was after in stock and should say they
were having fair run of trade. from all
appearances.
1--WE expect to sail for home about the
middle of July. Give my regards to the
editors of the NoRrHERNER and Courier and
all the bows"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13
Foo short n blanket.

Mr.. Erastus Wiman, Canadian dweller in
the United States, is trying to establish u
commercial union between the country of
his allegiance and the country of his resi-
dence. In a recent address to his country
men he pointed out that if they entered into
such union with the United States, Toronto,
Montreal, Hamilton and London might carry
on the shoe business most advantageously
for the whole continent: that Canadian cot
ton factories would compete with Fall River
and Providence that, as the farmers of
Canada now exported 100000 dozen eggs
into the United States duty free. the same
freedom in other products would produce
like profits for Canadian producers. This is,
of course, very strong appeal to Canadian
producers in behalf of free trade between the
countries, but it will have just the opposite
effect upon the manufacturers of the United
States. Mr.. Wiman will now have to come to
this country and show where the manufacture
ers here are going to get the customers to
supply the place of those that he says the
Canadians will take away from them. His
argument is like the blanket that was too
short for the bed. The people who try TO
cover with il will freeze either their should
ers or their toes. II the Canadians would
permit the United States government TO en-
force the United States customs against the
imports from foreign countries into Canada,
the scheme would be practicable. But Amer
lean manufacturers can not be beguiled into
competing with English manufacturers I'M
der the name and style of commercial
union. '-EcenfHg J001ndl.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13
Another Biundcr.

Whenever MIR. Cleveland is called upon to
step outside the monotonous routine of the
executive Office which he performs by hard
work at his desk in his shirt sleeves, he
founders around like an awkward boy at a
fashionable party. Closely following the I'M
happy flag incident, or rather cotemporane-
Gus with that event, he further aroused the
antagonism OF the soldier element by accept
ing an invitation TO visit St. Louis AZ the
time of the C.. A. X. encampment. The old
soldiers didn't want 10 honor the man who
had sat up all night to veto pension bills and
whose stupid ignorance of public sentiment
led him into the flag blunder, and they I'M
hesitatingly said So Many of the posts de-
cared that if he came to st. Louis during
the encampment they would stay away.
These circumstances have induced Mr.. Cleve-
land to take up his pen, and he has written
long letter to say that he has concluded not
to visit st. Louis during the encampment.
The document, is painfully labored de-
Tense of Mr.. Cleveland's administration, and
especially OF those acts on account of which
his presence at the encampment is objected
to. He plainly shows that he has lost his
temper, and as is usually the case under
such circumstances he says things which are
more apt TO widen than heal the breach be-
tween him and the soldier element. The
quarrel is most unhappy one for Cleveland,
and his conspicuous trait of stubbornness
and utter lack of the tact of the shrewd and
successful politician will render his eXtrica-
ton hopeless. He is writing his own pollti-
cal obituary as fast as one blunder after
another can record it, Silence was said to
be golden as compared with the silvery char
acter of speech. This was before the re-
sources of modern science enabled every one
to speak with the thousand tongues of the
telegraph and daily press. OF what base
metal in responsible statesman is that folly
which is constantly chattering through these
media and constantly saying the wrong
thinoi=Yrongun NenS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13
The Saio0u I'm Politics.

Yesterdays Issue OF the inter ocean set
forth the opinion of ex-senator Window and
Grand Master Powderly ON the saloon in
politics, and also gave an exemplitcation of
the saloon in politics. in the narration of the
destruction of the town of Clarendon, Pa,
10y the incendiary hand of a bar-keeper who
objected TO law that interfered with his trade.
The saloon in politics has also had recent
exemplihcations III the murder of the Rev.
Mr.. Haddock of Iowa, the murder of a
prohibitionist editor in Mississippi, and the
murder of a prohibitionist politician in Ohio.
There is no doubt of the existence of a
considerable body of saloon-keepers which
objects to such violent manifestations of the
saloon power III politics, but unfortunately
II Is an unorganiZed body and can make no
corporate protest. On the other hand there
would seem to be a body of saloon-keepers
that does approve of them, and its organ,
published in this city. said of the murder of
the pious Haddock: This is what happens
when q preacher dosn't mind his own bus
mess" That organ, edited by a foreigner,
fails TO comprehend the situation. The slave
power went into politics, and employed much
the same agencies as the saloon has used Ill
the cases cited 1t murdered Loyejoy, 1t
mob6ed Garrison, il prosecuted Lucretia
Mott, and ascending from rough villainy TO
subtle intrigue, it bought legislatures, in
fiuenced judges, created presidents. 1t was
larger, stronger, Weather, brainier body
than that of the saloon men.
But it went into politics. 1t has been
dead for about quarter of century, and
the letters on its grave stone are still legible.
% II went into politics :" and died prematurely
of political irritation. Slavery would have
died, anyhow, somewhere between now and
1850, but il would have been of old age. AS
it was it died OF going into politics. This
nation and this age will surely destroy any
ganIzation-railroad, slave-owner, granger,
labor, or aught else-that seeks TO make it
self dictator of political events. Govern
ment of the people, for the people and by
the people shall not perish from the earth
in the time of anyone now living, nor in that of
any of bis children. The saloons are not the
people, the slave holders were not the peo-
pie, the grangers were not the people, labor
leagues are not the people, railway syndicates
are not the people; they all held the rela-
tionship of parts to the people; some of them
larger and some of them smaller parts, but
none of them more than parts. The years
between 1861 and 1865 gave a costly demon
stration that no part was equal to the whole.
The quiet subsistence of other movements,
as the granger and know.nothing from pol
tiles are more peaceful lessons to the same
end.
1t will show wisdom on the part of the
saloons, as an organization, to withdraw from
politics right speedily, even from political
intrigue: il is absolutely necessary that they
should abstain from political violence, and
express disapproval of it when perpetrated
by an erratic and irresponsible member of
the trade-{Htey Oceajt:
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the counsel for respondent before the jury.
Two counsel were engaged on the part of the
respondent. and the court limited the time
for argument To an hour on each side. The
defence were refused more time. The case
was an important one to the respondent, as
the verdict clearly shows. The trial had
lasted nearly two days. How many witnesses
were sworn for the people does not appear.
Six names, however, appear upon the infor-
nation, and two were sworn on the part OF
the defense, and the circuit judge states that
about four and one-half hours were consumed
in taking the testimony.
Rule G3 of the circuit court, as amended
in 1885, reads as follows: The plaintiff
shall in all cases except when otherwise
ordered by the court, commence the
evidence. On the trial of issues OF fact,
one counsel only on each side shall examine
and cross examine witnesses. No less than
one hour on each side, shall be allowed to
counsel, if desired in summing up case and
not more than two, unless the cour. shall
otherwise ORDER
The right of the respondent to the aid o.
counsel in making his defence Is as well Sc
cured under our laws as his right to he tried
by jury, and in a criminal case like the one
under consideration, the time such counsel
ohOuiO OSOhPy III et0AcooAiiS thS JNisf
the limits OF the rule, should be left discre-
tionary with the counsel, when acting in
good faith. He knows, or is supposed to
know, the strong points III his case upon the
facts, and it is impossible for the court TO
know i'll advance the course decided upon or
length of time he may require III presenting
the argument ana in illustrating his position.
We think the request of the counsel in
this case for the full time allowed under the
rule was reasonable one and should have
been granted.
For the errors mentioned, the verdict and
judgment must be set aside and a new trial
will be allowed. Campbell, Oh. j.. and
Champlin. j., concurred."
As we understand the matter, the same
exceptions were made in all the criminal
cases which were on the calendar at the same
term of court. and in such of those cases as
counsel may see fit TO carry up, the same
ruling must necessarily follow. In what
cases counsel may see fit to make such move,
we are uniformed. We call to mind the
following cases in which new trials must
necessarily be ordered by the supreme court
if demanded: Thos. j. Farrin, convicted OF
larceny; Ellsworth Roberts, convicted of lar
ceny: Charles Allen, convicted of murder
1t was unfortunate for the people that there
should have been SO many important crimi-
nal trials at issue AT the time the questions
above decided were raised.
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All Eccentric Center.

The Center, prohibition organ. "calis on
all members of the third party TO show their
best loyalty in securing and enforcing prohi-
bition under the new local option law. which
it says will hold out false hopes to the un-
thinking but good-hearted multitude, and
will but tend to delay the day of honest state
prohibition with party back of the law
both constitutional and statutory-pledged
to its enforcement" Ii sincerely trusts"
that every third party prohbitionist will give
his best support TO measure which "will
prove an unmitigated fraud and curse
greatly increase the misunderstanding bus
mess in places where it is now unlimited"
and hinder it only whore there is "practic-
ally temperance The Center seems to be
perfectly sober and earnest without vestige
of humor or irony in declaring that there is
no inconsistency" in these remarks on To-
cal prohibition. We have only Its word for
it. Otherwise the exhortations of q third
party prohibitionist to delay" state prohi-
bition by supporting an "unmitigated fraud
and curse" would at least be queer. a Center
of that sort is certainly eccentric.-EseR{Hg
,JOUT1dl
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Anderson, the slayer of McGinnis. in Mar
quette. says he was drunk and doesn't know
anything about it. If that plea of irrespon-
sibility because he was drunk is ever worth
anything-if there ever was case in which
a court would be justified in holding that be-
sotted drunkenness takes away power of in
tent-this is Just that case. The murderer
had no quarrel with the murdered man.
There was no cause or motive for the crime.
If drunkenness is legal excuse for assault
and battery, or rape or any other crime-if
it is any excuse for any ofense whatever
then certainly it ought to cover murder. If
il ought to save man from fine, or few
days in jail, it ought certainly to save from
life Imprisonment. This shows how lacking
in common sense are those judges and jurors
who regard drunkenness as any excuse for
crime, or as any negative on the question of
criminal intent. When man gets drunk
he intends all the consequences of his get
ting drunk; hence being drunk is an aggra-
vation of crime. and not an excuse for it..
This Anderson McGinnis murder case puts
the question wildly before the courts and
the public. Now let us see what will be
done about it.-LdnSiHg Republicans.
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Horse Breeding.

There are few farms on which there is not
some horse breeding. There ought not to be
any. But there are farms whose resources
are meyer fully utilized and some on which
they are not even moderately utilized and
this last condition is the condition of the
farms on which no colts are ever raised.
But the manner of breeding is the great de-
feet on too many farms. There is always
good demand for good horses OF all kinds
A horse breeder can make no mistake in the
matter of breed if he raises a good horse. If
he is breeding trottinQ stock and raises q
trotter he readily firds sale for him. The
difficulty in this case is to get the trotter.
But the breeding of trotting horses produces
one thing at least, light, good traveller, and
there is a steady market for such horses.
The coach horse is another animal that is in
great demand and he can be made out of
any horse that is of good size and of good
carriage and movement. This animal can
be produced by crossing some of the larger
breeds, such as the Cleveland Bay, upon our
common mares. There is already in exist
ence what is called the French coach horse.
But while there is a good demand for the
horses already spoken of there is a never
ending demand for draft horses. The horse
breeding industry is therefore, a good one,
and worthy much more attention than il re-
ceives in many quarters.
The horse owner who continues to breed
horses that have no merits. little. iIl-shaped,
scrub anamals, is breeding to supply very
limited demand and very Improbable one.
OF course anything in the shape of a horse
can be sold TO somebody, but not at profit
1t costs pretty nearly as much TO produce
horse that has no merit as it does to produce
one with marked merit. If we do not do it.
therefore, we are throwing away an opportun-
ity to make money and we are all supposed
to be conducting our business for the profit
that there is in il. If horse breeding and